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TAKEN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be affected with an indisposition
Example:
couldn't tell when he would be taken drunk
Classified under:
Similar:
affected (acted upon; influenced)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Understood in a certain way; made sense of
Example:
an open door interpreted as an invitation
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
understood (fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past participle of the verb take
Context examples:
Capable of being taken up or taken in.
(Absorbable, NCI Thesaurus)
We could, of course, have gone in and taken him, but it amused me to make him reveal himself.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The time delay between the adverse event and the action taken.
(Adverse Event Action Taken Relationship Delay Duration, NCI Thesaurus)
EXAMPLE(S): action taken was study treatment related, action taken was not study treatment related
(Adverse Event Action Taken Relationship Type Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
A face once taken was taken for generations.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
An indication or description of an action taken in response to an adverse event.
(Adverse Event Action Taken with Study Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)
In another method blood is taken from an artery and the amount of oxygen is measured directly.
(Oxygen saturation test, NCI Dictionary)
An indication or description of an other action taken in response to an adverse event.
(Other Actions taken in Response to Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus)
The man who had taken Mugridge’s place had evidently joined his comrades in the forecastle.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
After a certain amount of time, samples are taken to be sent to a laboratory for testing.
(Pancreatic function test, NCI Dictionary)
